Marlysa's Bio

Marlysa D. Gamblin, MPP, is a speaker, author, racial healing expert, and well-cited researcher. Her tools have impacted 6 million people and have been used by the White House, Congress, and the Senate. Her research has been cited by Yale Law, Georgetown Law, the Urban Institute, & the National Institutes of Health, to name a few.

As Founder and President of Kingdom Daughters nonprofit, Marlysa helps Black women heal from racial trauma by providing trauma-informed care like counseling, subsidized resources, and an online community. Through this movement, she envisions millions of women worldwide walking into freedom and purpose.

Marlysa is also the Founder at GamblinConsults, a management consulting company, where she works with c-suite teams, governments, nonprofits, and networks across the country to implement strategies across cities, counties, and states. Together, the team at GamblinConsults has been able to reach more than 2.4 million people with their tools and has worked with jurisdictions with residents ranging from 26,000 residents to 700,000 to build change for the future.  

Marlysa previously served on Capitol Hill, staffed the White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and advised the Department of Justice. She was also appointed Chair of Economic Empowerment for the NAACP in DC. 

Marlysa has spoken across the country, including at the Museum of the Bible, MIT, Duke University, the Christian Community Development Association, the Congressional Black Caucus, national and regional conferences, and churches across several denominational backgrounds.

Marlysa earned her master's in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and her B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley.